Frederick Fox, item 27

• March 13, 2017 03:40:24 L Brittain

                                                                                                                                                       April 22/1918
  

  Dear Father

                     Arrived at York 3-30. Destination unknown

                                                                              Edgar

                                                                                       April 23/1918

  Dear father

                     Arrived at  Worlwik 6-40 pm. To go through trade  list there.

  were 50 of us set off from Leeds to York. +20 Lucky one have landed

  here. We do not know when we will get away from here they seem

  to be going about there work in a very slack set-up way. Some that

  came down with us have been at York since Saturday. The Beds

  + the food you get down here are bad to say we are Changey some

  there fellows are not bad ones. They come from all round + square

  no numbers nor address on the stamp
  

                                                              Edgar

                                                          Chaillon Park

                                                                                Worlwik
  

   
  

  Dear Father + Mother + all                               24/4/18

                      I am still at the same place + in the pink + looking
  

  well after the cookhouse for the meals. I went down from my hade
  

  rest this afternoon at 2 pm it was quiet a change to get to work
  

  again after standing about waiting till you here your name
  

  called. I had nearly finished at 4/15 + the tester asked me
  

  how long I would be. I told him a 1/4 hour. So he said you can
  

  finish it + I will pass it as fair or come at 8 am to do it. So
  

  I told him I would come in the morning as I want good not
  

  like all the other which as far as I can make out is fair.
  

  When I hear I have passed I have to go before the Board of
  

  Trade to be posted expect I shall be moving on Fri or Saturday
  

  The place they list you in is a good says about 20 fres You
  

  have to burn dust the test is something like the sketch.
  

                                                                           Edgar
  

  P.S. The first place I have ever seen or heard of strikers being
  

  in charge of the job.
  

  
  

  
  

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  Drawing of a  roughly 1 inch square inside of another shape that is mostly square but with an elongated bottom edge jutting out to the left hand side. Written inside of the square is

  2 1/4
  

       S.
  

           S.
  

  
  

  ...

  Another drawing is just below the first. It is a rectangle lying on its long side. The short, left hand end is rounded and has a small ovel inside it. There are characters inside that look like a 2 with V pointing aboe and below it.
  

  Written on the right hand side these drawing is
  

  Made out of 2x 4/8
  

            M S   6' Long
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• March 13, 2017 03:15:07 L Brittain

                                                                                                                                                       April 22/1918
  

  Dear Father
  

                     Arrived at York 3-30. Destination unknown
  

                                                                              Edgar
  

                                                                                       April 23/1918
  

  Dear father
  

                     Arrived at  Worlwik 6-40 pm. To go through hade list there.

  were 50 of us set off from Leeds to York. +20 Lucky one have landed
  

  here. We do not know when we will get away from here they seem
  

  to be going about there work in a very slack set-up way. Some that
  

  came down with us have been at York since Saturday. The Beds
  

  + the food get down here are bad to say we are Changey some
  

  there fellows are not bad ones. They come from all round + square
  

  no numbers nor address on the ??
  

                                                              Edgar
  

                                                           Chaillon Park
  

                                                                                Worlwik
  

  
  

  Dear Father + Mother + all                               24/4/18
  

                      I am still at the same ?? + in the
  

  
  

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